Today's air quality for Phoenix, Arizona is unhealthy for people with lungs.

Where's the EPA and state department of environmental control when you need them?

Or Captain Planet. If he's still around.

#Environment #Climate

How have global temperatures changed over the past 144 years?

Start at the top, then slowly scroll down…

#Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

This is simply a disgrace

"77-year-old activist sent back to prison due to issues fitting tag"

#ukpolitics #ukpol #HumanRights #juststopoil #climate #green

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/77-year-old-activist-sent-back-to-prison-due-to-issues-fitting-tag/

Climate change slowly killing Europe’s beech forests, says new study https://www.byteseu.com/582250/ #Climate #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming

Many people think of the ocean like a bathtub — turn on the faucet, and water levels rise everywhere. As the planet warms and ice melts, they assume that the ocean might act in the same way.

Sea level rise, however, is very uneven. Thanks to a complex set of factors, water levels are not rising at the same speed everywhere. And these factors have made the U.S. South particularly vulnerable

https://archive.ph/JrlRc

#USA #US #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #pollution #ecology #environment #climate

#AI is guzzling gas · Big Tech is paying for gas plants & pipelines to directly power data centers, threatening global #climate goals ..

👉🏻 https://heated.world/p/ai-is-guzzling-gas

To be fair to Tanya Plibersek, she did come to an agreement with the Greens on more effective environmental law reform that would’ve passed in the Senate. It was blocked by politicians scared of #fossilfuels politicians.

As environmental law currently exists, she doesn’t have a legal basis to refuse the approval. #environment #law

#vote for environment / #climate #climateaction oriented independents or Greens #auspol we need a Labor minority govt

It's laughable how the human race is trying to industry, tech and capitalism its way out of climate disaster.

Isn't the real answer obvious?

DO LESS OF THESE THINGS NOT MORE!

We do not need fridges connected to the internet and washing machines you control from your phone in another country.

#climate #climatechange #capitalism #industry #tech

If the United States were to continue exporting liquefied natural gas in the way that has made it the world’s biggest gas supplier, the study by the Energy Department found, it could drive up energy costs in America by further exposing the domestic market to international pricing. It could also increase pollution in coastal communities where export terminals are built & create more global greenhouse gas emissions

https://archive.ph/wip/MrdZt

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/climate/natural-gas-lng-export-risks-united-states.html

#USA #US #ClimateChange #climate

In the next 25 years the Environmental Agency reckons up to 1 in 4 homes (a rise from 6.3m to 8m homes) will be liable to flooding (from rivers, sea or surface water) due to climate change.

Well, of course you could limit that by stop building on flood plains (which they're still doing round here) or by making estates better able to deal with flooding... less hardscaping etc.

But, what we *will* see is both more costly insurance & cover withdrawal!

#housing #climate

h/t FT

“Thanks to Keir Starmer, the Just Stop Oil ‘Stonehenge Three’ were in court today”

by The Canary @thecanaryuk

@UKLabour

“[..] on 19 June the now-prime minister, Starmer, then leader of the opposition, posted on Twitter that ‘the damage done to Stonehenge is outrageous. Just Stop Oil are pathetic. Those responsible must face the full force of the law’.”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2024/12/13/stonehenge-just-stop-oil-trial/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Climate #Crisis #Stonehenge #JustStopOil #Darrragh #Storm #PowerCuts

“It’s official. Labour ALREADY has a worse track record on corporate lobbying than the Tories did.”

by James Wright in The Canary @thecanaryuk

@UKLabour

“Of 12 recommendations for government transparency and the lobbying register on Spotlight on Corruption’s ‘scorecard‘, the Tories fully met three, while Labour has fully met just one proposal.”

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2024/12/13/labour-corporate-lobbying/?__s=pw3ygmyxve9etudpqdrh

#Press #UK #Labour #Starmer #Lobbying #Transparency #Corruption #Weapons #Climate #Financial #Regulation #Accountability

This, he [Chris Packham] said, can be an asset during turbulent times: “Autistic people have an enormous amount to offer in times of crisis – sometimes clear thinking, clear speaking, can be enormously beneficial.”
#Autism #autistic #neurodiverse #ActuallyAutistic #climate #ClimateCollapse #environment
https://theconversation.com/greta-thunberg-is-far-from-the-only-neurodivergent-climate-activist-many-who-see-the-world-differently-also-want-to-change-it-210492

Nearly one in five climate and environmental protests in the UK involve arrests, far above the international average, according to a new report

https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/nearly-one-in-five-uk-climate-and-environmental-protests-involve-arrests

#UK #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #ClimateStrike

#bike #bicycle #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

#Climate denialism is no longer a major problem, but climate minimization is. There are plenty of people who see other issues as having more immediate priority in their lives, and honestly I can't blame them. They reasonably believe that we need to address inflation, income inequality, and lack of insurance coverage. But what they have wrong is that we *can and must* address climate while addressing these other issues.

https://www.europesays.com/1680923/ New York is on the Verge of Passing Law to Make Big Oil Pay for Climate Change Costs | NY would be the second US state (following VT) to enact a “climate superfund” bill. Climate activists are holding a three-day sit-in demanding Gov. Kathy Hochul sign the bill into law. #Climate

Humans : « AI will solve all our problems and boost science »
AI : « Your planet is going to burn up faster than expected »

« #AI predicts that most of the world will see temperatures rise to 3°C much faster than previously expected » … due to energy burned by AI ? 🐍 🤔

› https://phys.org/news/2024-12-ai-world-temperatures-3c-faster.html

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

The UK's pivot from fossil fuels to renewables over the last ten years has now reached the point where this year we will be (regularly) using renewables more than fossil fuels for electricity generation.... it may still leave too much reliance on fossil fuels, but the trend, if slower than one might like, remains encouraging (as does the lack of an expansion of nuclear).

#electricity #renewableEnergy #climate

The role of #RossbyWaves in polar #weather and #climate

by Tim Woollings, et al.

13 Jan 2023

Abstract:

"Recent Arctic warming has fuelled interest in the weather and climate of the polar regions and how this interacts with lower latitudes. Several interesting theories of polar-midlatitude linkages involve Rossby wave propagation as a key process even though the meridional gradient in planetary vorticity, crucial for these waves, is weak at high latitudes. Here we review some basic theory and suggest that Rossby waves can indeed explain some features of polar variability, especially when relative vorticity gradients are present.

"We suggest that large-scale polar flow can be conceptualised as a mix of geostrophic turbulence and Rossby wave propagation, as in the midlatitudes, but with the balance tipped further in favour of turbulent flow. Hence, isolated vortices often dominate but some wavelike features remain. As an example, quasi-stationary or weakly westward-propagating subpolar anomalies emerge from statistical analysis of observed data, and these are consistent with some role for wave propagation. The noted persistence of polar cyclones and anticyclones is attributed in part to the weakened effects of wave dispersion, the mechanism responsible for the decay of midlatitude anomalies in downstream development. We also suggest that the vortex-dominated nature of polar dynamics encourages the emergence of annular mode structures in principal component analyses of extratropical circulation.

"Finally, we consider how Rossby waves may be triggered from high latitudes. The linear mechanisms known to balance localised heating at lower latitudes are shown to be less efficient in the polar regions. Instead, we suggest the direct response to sea ice loss often manifests as a heat low, with radiative cooling balancing the heating. If the relative vorticity gradient is favourable this does have the potential to trigger a Rossby wave response, although this will often be weak compared to waves forced from lower latitudes."

Read more:
https://wcd.copernicus.org/articles/4/61/2023/

#Copernicus #Weather #ClimateChange #ArcticMelt #ArcticWarming #GlobalWarming #GlobalHotSpots

A Range Of Ideas On Applications https://www.byteseu.com/545084/ #BIGMONEY #Climate #ClimateChange #Energy #GlobalWarming #Media

By #voting for #Democrats We Make Our Lives Better!

The Biden administration awarded $1.2 billion in grants to states to accelerate the use of cleaner asphalt, concrete, glass, and steel in transportation infrastructure. #environment #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #transportation #transport https://highways.dot.gov/newsroom/investing-america-usdot-awards-1-billion-grants-help-state-departments-transportation?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

Following years of activism from students and staff, more than three-quarters of universities in the #uk have now publicly committed to divesting from fossil fuels. #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #divestment #divestmentmovement https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/dec/02/more-than-three-quarters-of-uk-universities-join-fossil-fuel-pledge-say-activists

The Mount Vernon News was family owned from 1939 until it was sold in 2020 to a “pink slime” #media company with ties to conservative #billionaires. Then it began publishing one-sided articles that make dubious claims about #solar power.

https://propub.li/3CY5WFR

#News #Journalism #Agriculture #Misinformation #FossilFuels #Climate #Environment #Ohio

I've switched instances, so a new #introduction.

I'm a #climate and #water scientist, co-founder and Senior Fellow at the Pacific Institute in Oakland.

I'm interested in all things sustainability, but also birds, mandolin, and random other things. Politics too.

I'm a member of the US National Academy of Sciences and various professional scientific organizations.

Most of my publications and musings are at www.gleick.com.

#climate

https://www.europesays.com/1670356/ I’ve Looked At Clouds From Both Sides Now: AI For Climate Science #Climate #ClimateChange #Energy #GlobalWarming #media

"everyone likes to complain about the weather but nobody does anything about it"

Well duh. Nobody can do anything about it because you made that illegal, dumbass!! 🙄

https://dailyboulder.com/florida-republican-introduces-bill-to-ban-government-from-controlling-weather-and-sunlight/
#Florida #Republican Introduces #Bill to #Ban #Government From Controlling #Weather and #Sunlight

#StupidMAGA #Stupid #Floriduh #Climate #IAmDB

Okay, first — it is still conceivable (in theory, anyway) that all the leaders of major governments will get together before it's too late and agree to enact radical degrowth policies.

But, second — a realistic look at the world today makes it clear how totally unlikely that would be. No matter how much we want it, how loudly we yell, or how hard we protest, I just can’t see it happening.

Therefore, third — what should we do?

My answer has always been that the most important steps you can take are personal and local. No, I don’t mean just lowering your carbon footprint, although of course that’s a good idea. I mean beginning to make the big changes now on a local level that are coming to us, sooner or later, whether we like it or not.

We must simplify. At some point, we will be *forced* to simplify our lives due to the eroding conditions around us, so why not start now?

Be an example. Find others who want to change, and join with them. Build a community. Create co-ops, clothing and furniture exchanges, neighborhood gardens, seed libraries, tool libraries, and establish teaching and training sessions.

Develop systems of sharing resources — such as low-carbon transportation, small-scale solar or wind power, engineering know-how, financial assistance, medical expertise, and more.

If we work together, the possibilities are endless.

#Politics #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth

Looks like Earth is ghosting its clouds! 👻 Scientists report our planet is absorbing record amounts of sunlight in 2023 due to diminishing cloud cover. With a 1.3% drop in clouds per decade, Earth's new energy-hoarding habit might not be just a phase. Time to throw some shade on this situation! 🌥️ #climate #science

https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/12/05/2324206/earth-began-absorbing-more-sunlight-in-2023-climate-researchers-find

It's a sad story.

A long battle pitting dedicated climate scientists on one side versus billionaire capitalists and neoliberal politicians on the other side.

Guess who won.

➡️ https://grist.org/economics/how-the-world-gave-up-on-1-5-degrees-overshoot/

And this is not Hollywood. There will be no "happy ending" to the story.

#Politics #History #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual

Let's face it, 1.5 is dead. And unless a miracle happens, we'll shoot past 2 degrees in the next ten or fifteen years. After that, with climate feedbacks, tipping points, and cascading effects, 3 degrees of warming or even higher is probable by the end of this century.

That can mean only one thing. A collapse of our fragile, tenuous, global industrial civilization. It might happen gradually, it might happen suddenly, but it will happen and it will be catastrophic.

Our rulers know about this. And yet they've chosen to do nothing. Or, actually, they've chosen to go all in, pushing for increased consumption, stronger economic growth, and even more fossil fuel use — because it's incredibly profitable. 💵 💵 💵

So, what can you and I do?

Jem Bendell says our best choice is to accept what is happening to our world, embrace the collapse, and turn our efforts toward what comes next. He says: "We’re going to collapse into community, and what we can play for is what we find there when it’s all we have."

➡️ https://archive.ph/gOMp6

#History #Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange

An unexpected ice collapse hints at worrying changes on the Antarctic coast:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/unexpected-ice-collapse-antarctic-coast

Yet another indicator that we're on the eve of destruction. But it's massively underreported.

Don't look up?

#News #Newstodon #NewsTooter #Climate #ClimateChange #Antartic #IceCollapse #AntarticIceCollapse

https://www.europesays.com/1659362/ The Arctic Could Be Functionally Ice-Free in Just a Few Years #Climate

Remember that news yesterday about the failed attempt to craft a global treaty limiting the production of plastics?
➡️ https://climatejustice.social/@breadandcircuses/113583706019927966

Below is a link to a dramatic presentation on the impact of billions and billions of plastic bottles sold every year.

This is from the intro...
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Around the world, almost 1 million plastic bottles are purchased every minute. As the environmental impact of that tide of plastic becomes a growing political issue, major packaged goods sellers are under pressure to cut the flow of the single-use bottles and containers that are clogging the world’s waterways.

Plastic production has surged in the last 50 years, leading to widespread use of inexpensive disposable products that are having a devastating effect on the environment. Images of plastic debris-strewn beaches and dead animals with stomachs full of plastic have sparked outrage.
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LEARN MORE -- https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ENVIRONMENT-PLASTIC/0100B275155/

#Environment #Climate #Capitalism #BusinessAsUsual #Pollution

Australia accused of undermining landmark climate change case brought by Pacific nations in international court
Vanuatu leads the charge of several nations arguing developed nations have a legal responsibility beyond non binding promises https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/03/australia-accused-of-undermining-landmark-climate-change-case-brought-by-pacific-nations-in-international-court #auslaw #auspol #climate #ICJ #Vanuatu

As Heather Stewart concludes:

'Food price shocks are only one aspect of the climate crisis, but their growing frequency is a warning sign that we are entering a new, more volatile era, with a policy toolkit created in calmer times'!

But perhaps once the link is made between food price inflation & (not wages as the BoE would want to argue), but climate change, then a wider appreciation of the actions needed to tackle the climate crisis will be clearer!

#climate #food

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/dec/01/wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee-rising-food-prices-show-destabilising-impact-of-climate-crisis

A substantial chunk of microplastic pollution comes from wear of vehicle tyres.

The amount increases with vehicle weight; so electric vehicles with heavy batteries will makes this worse.

Maybe replacement of all internal combustion engines with electric powered motors is not the solution...

https://www.sciencealert.com/almost-30-of-microplastics-come-from-a-hugely-overlooked-source

#News #NewsTooter #Newstodon #Climate #Microplatics #Pollution #Transport #ElectricVehicles #ElectricVehicle

They have some of the lowest temperature thresholds, beyond which their condition would rapidly change, and they also have strong links to other climate tipping points. Despite this, their behavior is not well understood, and more progress is needed in modeling and observation

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-illuminates-role-polar-ice-sheets.html

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #IrreversibleOverheating #GlobalBurning #ClimateDestruction #ClimateSuicide #MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate